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To inherit the earth : the landless movement and the struggle for a new Brazil / Angus Wright and Wendy Wolford.
Lippincott Library HD1333.B6 W74 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wright, Angus Lindsay.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Brazil)--History.
- Movimento dos Trabalhadores Rurais sem Terra (Brazil).
- Land reform--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Land reform.
- Peasants--Political activity--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Peasants.
- Peasants--Political activity.
- History.
- Brazil.
- Agricultural laborers--Political activity--Brazil--History--20th century.
- Agricultural laborers.
- Agricultural laborers--Political activity.
- Physical Description:
- xxxi, 368 pages : illustrations, 1 map ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oakland, Calif. : Food First Books, [2003]
- Contents:
- The Frustrating Trap of Inequality xv
- A Way Out of the Trap? xx
- Chronology: Some Important Dates in Brazilian and MST History xxvii
- Chapter 1 Fulfilling a Promise: The Beginnings of the Landless Movement in Rio Grande Do Sul 1
- Decades of Dictatorship: Repression, Religion and Resistance 4
- The Beginnings of Agrarian Reform in Rio Grande do Sul 14
- Life in the Camp: Hardship and Community 47
- New Thought, New Speech, New Action: The Grass Roots of Political Change 55
- The Church Brokers a Respite 70
- Victory for the Settlers and the Formation of the MST 72
- Sarandi: The Challenges of Settlement 77
- Chapter 2 "The Land Is Only the First Step": Pernambuco and Northeastern Brazil 101
- Agrarian Reform and the New Democracy 102
- The Northeast of Brazil: Legacies of Poverty and Impunity 106
- A History of Resistance: Quilombos, Canudos and the Peasant Leagues 124
- The MST and the Struggle for Land in Pernambuco 130
- "The Land Is Only the Beginning": Facing the Hurdles of Sustainable Reform 152
- Small-Scale Farmers in a Large-Scale Landscape: The Challenges of Catalunha and Ouro Verde 164
- Agrarian Reform in the Northeast: A Balance Sheet 176
- Chapter 3 Beyond the Lure of the Amazon 181
- The Amazon: What's at Stake? Who Decides 183
- The Transformation of the Amazon 189
- Visiting MST Settlements and the Carajas Mine 206
- Where the MST Stands in the Amazon, and Who Stands with It 235
- Making a Life on Palmares II 244
- The Dialectic of Amazonian Development 258
- Chapter 4 Assessing the MST 263
- Is Life Better on the Settlements? 264
- "Agrarian Reform Light": Assessing the Government's Approach 274
- Land Reform Around the World: The Legacies of US Policy and Influence 279
- Avoiding the Dependency Trap 287
- Agrarian Reform, Legal Impunity and the Future of Land and Forests 290
- The MST and Revolution 307
- The Creation of Citizenship and the Fight Against "Politics as Usual" 315
- The MST and Civil Society in Brazil 325
- The MST in the International Context 330
- Children of the MST and the Future 333
- Postscript: The Lula Government 335.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 340-357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0935028900
- OCLC:
- 52520238
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